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Hong Kong Case Law

Non-matrimonial assets

  • 3 Mar 2016

    DF v. MF (nee Z)

    Citation
    DF v. MF (nee Z)
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC17358/2013

    Applying the principles of relevance and matrimonial disclosure, the court allowed a number of specific questions in the Wife's 3rd Questionnaire as necessary to ascertain the matrimonial pot (including Q6, Q7, Q8, Q9, Q18 in part, Q24, Q27 and specified questions on the husband's mother's estate subject to an option), ordered production/inspection of management accounts of companies and authorised photographs and valuations of the art collection; refused questions directed to other siblings and the step‑brother as irrelevant; ordered the Husband to answer allowed questions within 28 days and…

  • 3 Jul 2015

    AVT then known as MAM v. VNT

    Citation
    AVT then known as MAM v. VNT
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV234/2014

    On appeal the court held the original award was erroneous in principle insofar as it provided HK$7.2m for purchase of a flat; applying LKW/WLK guidance the wife's needs were assessed at HK$5.5m with an additional HK$500,000 for sharing from largely non-matrimonial assets, producing a substituted final capital award of HK$6,000,000; the expert's adoption of a going-concern valuation assuming eventual disposal of the Kowloon Centre asset was justifiable and no further minority discount was required as facts indicated a quasi-partnership context.

  • 3 Dec 2013

    TL v. YSW also known as WSY

    Citation
    TL v. YSW also known as WSY
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC13455/2011

    Court accepted husbands evidence on length of marriage (9 years 9 months) and that the wifes principal assets were sourced from transfers/gifts by the husband (at least HK$5m cash/shares and his Tai Fook share portfolios), rejected the wifes evidence of large USD gifts from her family, found the matrimonial pot to be approx. HK$49,881,614.40 and applied equal sharing as no good reason to depart; equal share would be HK$24,900,000 each but accepted husbands open proposal to take HK$16,970,000, and ordered the wife to pay that lump sum with costs to husband.